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J. PASSENO.

(No Model.)

ROWLOGK.

Patented Oct. 23, 1883.

v No. 287,155.

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UNITED} STATES PATENT O FICE.

JOSEPH PASSENO, .OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

ROWLOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 287,155, dated October 23, 1883, Application filed August as, 1883. (No model.)

The objects of my invention are, first, toprovide a rowlock having the minimum amount of metal, and at the same time to obtain the maximum of strength; second, to produce a lock that will turn readily on the pivot-pin, to allow the car to trail at the side of the boat, whether attached to the gunwale or to an outrigger third, to turn in like manner inward, to

enable the oar to be shipped inboard; and, fourth, to obtain rigidity and firmness of the look when the stroke is made. These several objects I accomplish by the means shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows my rowlock attached to a gumvale-boat. Fig. 2 is a detached view of the lock or holder. Fig. 3 is a view of the gunwaleplate, brace, and pivot-pin, the lock or holder being removed. Fig. 4 is the'gun- Wale-plate by which the lock is attached to the boat and held in position. Fig. 5 is a View of the brace detached, and Fig. 6 shows the plate attached to an outrigger-boat.

A is a metallic plate, designed to rest on the top of the boats gunwale or on the ends of an outrigger, and it is provided with a shoulder, B, bent down at a right angle against the inner side of the gunwale and attached to the same by two or more screws, 1) b.

In the upper part of the plate A are three openings, a, c, and to. These are preferably made square, and the central opening, a, receives the pivot-pin D, which is rigidly secured to the plate, and on the pin D is placed the lock or holder E, shaped as shown in the drawings, its forward arm, 0, being made thick, to contain the thimble opening or socket f, which fits over the pivot-pin I), whichlatter reachesabout half-way up in the socket of E. The rear arm, 0, of the lock E swings clear of the plate; but the front arm, e, is elongated at the bottom and rests on the plate, and thus provides a secure hearing or support.

In the front opening, a, of the gunwale-plate is inserted the square shank of the brace G, provided with a shoulder, g, which rests on' the plate, and the shank passes through the gunwale H, and has a nut, I, on the under side, which screws up againstthe gunwale and secures the plate A to the gunwale, and keeps the lock in position. The brace G is bent over backward, at the height of thethimble or socket f, into a hook, J, which hook enters the thimble until it meets the top of the pivot pin, thus preventing the lock being raised from the pin, and at the same time giving additional strength and support to the lock during the stroke. i

It will be seen that when the nut I is screwed up it binds the plate and gunwale securely to- Wale, so that the same plate may be used on either side of a boat.

As the vertical portion of the brace is of the same height as the socket in the front arm, 6, of the lock, it prevents its rising on the pivotpin and obviates all wear, as well as preventing the disagreeable noise or creaking always heard when a rowlock plays on its swivel.

a in the plate is to enable the 'brace to be reversed for the left-hand gun-- When attached to an outrigger, the plate A usually becomes the top bar or rod whichconnects the two branches of the outrigger at the ends farthest from the boat, and has no shoulder, and the pivot-pin may be connected with the plate by a nut and screw-thread, as is the brace in the previous instance, and the nut on the end of the brace will screw up against the inferior surface of thebar or connecting-rod of the. branches of the outrigger, as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings.

I dispense entirely with the use of springs or guards at the top of the holder, as my rowlock cannot possibly become accidentally detached from the boat and lost overboard.

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Having thus-described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A rowlock pivoted 011 a pin rising from and secured to a plate attached to the gunwale of a boat, said pin entering a thimble or socket in one arm of the lock, and the lock being heldin place and strengthened by the hooked end of a brace entering the top of the socket, while its lower end passes through the said plate and the gunwale of the boat, and is secured thereto by a nut or equivalent device,

2. The combination, in a rowlock, of the holder E, having its front arm provided with a socket-to receive the pivot-pin, the pivot-pin D, the brace G, having shoulder g and hook J, and the plate A, perforated, as described, with the gunwale of a boat, all substantially as shown and described.

.3. A rowlock consisting of a holder, E, having a socket in its front arm, 0, to receive the pivot-pin, in combination with the plate A, said plate being provided with a pivot-pin,

and the brace G, having a shoulder, g, and the hooked end J, the latter bent to enter the top of the socket and hold the lock securely, all as described and shown.

4. A rowlock having the holder E sockcted V in its front arm to receive a pivot-pin, in combination with the plate A, attached to the ends of an outrigger for row-boats, said plate having a pivot-pin entering the socket in the holder, and the brace G, provided at its lower end with a shank to pass through the plate,

' and a nut or equivalent means at the lower end of the shank to secure the brace to the plate, and at its upper end a hook, J, to enter the top of the socket in the holder and secure the same on the pivot-pin, all substantially as hereinbefore shown and described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH PASSENO. \Vitnesses: JOHN H. BALLINGER, \VILLIE KNoTT. 

